Dan Aykroyd
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 1, 1952 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Credits
- 199
Daniel Edward Aykroyd (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. Aykroyd was a writer and an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" cast on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from its inception in 1975 until his departure in 1979. Aykroyd's most famous roles are as Elwood J. Blues in The Blues Brothers (1980) and Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), and Dr. Raymond "Ray" Stantz in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989). In 1990, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Boolie Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
Known for
The Simpsons
1989TV
Postage Stamp Fellow (voice)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984Movie
Art Weber
Ghostbusters
1984Movie
Dr. Raymond Stantz
Pixels
2015Movie
1982 Championship MC
50 First Dates
2004Movie
Dr. Keats
Pearl Harbor
2001Movie
Captain Thurman
Filmography
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2026Movie
Self
The UnBelievable: Encounters with Dan Aykroyd
2026TV
Self - Host
The Tom Green Farm
2026TV
Self
Marty, Life Is Short
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers
2025Movie
Self
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
2025Movie
Self
John Candy: I Like Me
2025Movie
Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024Movie
(archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024Movie
Ray Stantz
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
A History of the World in Six Glasses
2024TV
Self
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
2023TV
Self - Host
Zombie Town
2023Movie
Len Carver
Our Soho
2023Movie
self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021Movie
Ray Stantz
Who Saw the Men in Black
2021Movie
self
The Go-Go's
2021Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Belushi
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hotel Paranormal
2020TV
Reunited Apart
2020TV
Self
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020Movie
Self
The Movies That Made Us
2019TV
Ray Stantz (archive footage)
Fantastic Mr. Murray
2019Movie
Self - Interviewee
31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest
2019Movie
Self
Defend, Conserve, Protect
2019Movie
Narrator
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019Movie
Self
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019TV
Self
The Conners
2018TV
Buddy
Workin' Moms
2017TV
Kate's Dad, Kate's Dad (voice)
Good Fortune
2016Movie
Self
Ghostbusters
2016Movie
Cabbie
Ghostheads
2016Movie
Self
Jay Leno's Garage
2015TV
Self
Being Canadian
2015Movie
Self
I Am Chris Farley
2015Movie
Self
Pixels
2015Movie
1982 Championship MC
The Seventies
2015TV
Self (archive footage)
Dino Hunt Canada
2015TV
Narrator
Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
2014Movie
Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
2014Movie
Get On Up
2014Movie
Ben Bart
Tammy
2014Movie
Don
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014Movie
Scarecrow (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
2013Movie
Rick Phillips
Behind the Candelabra
2013Movie
Seymour Heller
Born In Chicago
2013Movie
Narrator
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013Movie
Self
WWII: Saving the Reality
2013Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Campaign
2012Movie
Wade Motch
Sunset Strip
2012Movie
Self
Inside Comedy
2012TV
Self
Yogi Bear
2010Movie
Yogi Bear (voice)
The Fran Drescher Show
2010TV
The Women of SNL
2010Movie
Various (archive footage)
The Defenders
2010TV
Judge Max Hunter
Presidential Reunion
2010Movie
Jimmy Carter
Julie & Julia
2009Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
War, Inc.
2008Movie
Mr. Vice President
Shortcut to Happiness
2007Movie
Julius Jensen
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007Movie
Captain Tucker
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007Movie
Self
Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006TV
Self
Working with a Master: John Landis
2006Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005Movie
Various Characters (archive footage)
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005Movie
Self
Just the Two of Us
2005Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
2005Movie
Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
2005Movie
Self
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005Movie
Self
Living with Fran
2005TV
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005Movie
Self
Christmas with the Kranks
2004Movie
Vic Frohmeyer
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004Movie
Narrator
White Coats
2004Movie
Dr. Cyrill Kipp
50 First Dates
2004Movie
Dr. Keats
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003Movie
Bright Young Things
2003Movie
Lord Monomark
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
2003Movie
Self
Toronto Rocks
2003Movie
Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003Movie
Self
Unconditional Love
2002Movie
Max Beasley
Crossroads
2002Movie
Pete Wagner
On the Nose
2001Movie
Dr. Barry Davis
Earth vs. the Spider
2001Movie
Det. Insp. Jack Grillo
According to Jim
2001TV
Danny Michalski
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001Movie
Chris Magruder
Evolution
2001Movie
Governor Lewis
Pearl Harbor
2001Movie
Captain Thurman
The House of Mirth
2000Movie
Augustus 'Gus' Trenor
Stardom
2000Movie
Barry Levine
Loser
2000Movie
Dad
Diamonds
1999Movie
Lance Agensky
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ghostbusters 1999
1999Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
1999Movie
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999Movie
Self
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999Movie
Captain Milligan
Family Guy
1999TV
Dan Aykroyd (voice)
Mark Twain Prize
1999TV
Self
Susan's Plan
1998Movie
Bob
Antz
1998Movie
Chip (voice)
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998Movie
Self
Blues Brothers 2000
1998Movie
Elwood Blues
Roswell Top Secret
1998Movie
Self
Soul Man
1997TV
Rev. Mike Weber
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997Movie
Grocer
The Arrow
1997Movie
Crawford Gordon Jr.
The Arrow
1997TV
Crawford Gordon
Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
1997Movie
Crawford Gordon
My Fellow Americans
1996Movie
President William Haney
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996TV
Self - Host
Feeling Minnesota
1996Movie
Det. Ben Costikyan
Rainbow
1996Movie
Sheriff Wyatt Hampton
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996TV
Self
Celtic Pride
1996Movie
Jimmy Flaherty
Getting Away with Murder
1996Movie
Jack Lambert
Sgt. Bilko
1996Movie
Colonel Hall
Canadian Bacon
1995Movie
OPP Officer (uncredited)
Casper
1995Movie
Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)
Tommy Boy
1995Movie
Ray Zalinsky
The Random Factor
1995Movie
Dexter (voice)
Live from the House of Blues
1995TV
Exit to Eden
1994Movie
Fred Lavery
North
1994Movie
Pa Tex
My Girl 2
1994Movie
Harry Sultenfuss
A Century of Cinema
1994Movie
Self
Intimate Portrait
1993TV
Self
The Nanny
1993TV
Repairman (uncredited)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
The Best of the Blues Brothers
1993Movie
Elwood Blues / Self
Coneheads
1993Movie
Beldar
Chaplin
1992Movie
Mack Sennett
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992TV
Self
Sneakers
1992Movie
Mother
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
This Is My Life
1992Movie
Arnold Moss
Two-Fisted Tales
1992Movie
Captain Miligan
My Girl
1991Movie
Harry Sultenfuss
Home Improvement
1991TV
Mike Weber
Heritage Minutes
1991TV
Crawford Gordon
Nothing but Trouble
1991Movie
Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990Movie
Self
Masters of Menace
1990Movie
Johnny Lewis
The Earth Day Special
1990Movie
Vic's Buddy
Life of Python
1990Movie
Self
Loose Cannons
1990Movie
Ellis Fielding
The Simpsons
1989TV
Postage Stamp Fellow (voice)
Driving Miss Daisy
1989Movie
Boolie Werthan
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989Movie
Self
Ghostbusters II
1989Movie
Dr. Raymond Stantz
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
1989Movie
Self
Tales from the Crypt
1989TV
Captain Milligan
My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988Movie
Steven Mills
Caddyshack II
1988Movie
Captain Tom Everett
The Great Outdoors
1988Movie
Roman Craig
She's Having a Baby
1988Movie
Roman (uncredited)
The Couch Trip
1988Movie
John W. Burns, Jr.
Dragnet
1987Movie
Sgt. Joe Friday
Citizen Steve
1987Movie
Chial Dushane
American Masters
1986TV
Julia Child (archive footage)
Spies Like Us
1985Movie
Austin Millbarge
The Best of John Belushi
1985Movie
Various Characters
Into the Night
1985Movie
Herb
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985Movie
Self
B.B. King: Into the Night
1985Movie
Self
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984Movie
MTV Video Music Awards
1984TV
Self - Host
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984Movie
Buck Heller
Ghostbusters
1984Movie
Dr. Raymond Stantz
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984Movie
Art Weber
The Coneheads
1983Movie
Beldar (voice)
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983Movie
Passenger
Trading Places
1983Movie
Louis Winthorpe III
Doctor Detroit
1983Movie
Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
1982Movie
Beldar Conehead
It Came from Hollywood
1982Movie
Self
Neighbors
1981Movie
Vic
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981Movie
Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves
The Blues Brothers
1980Movie
Elwood Blues
1941
1979Movie
Sgt. Frank Tree
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979Movie
Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
1978Movie
Elwood Blues
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
1978Movie
Self
The Things We Did Last Summer
1978Movie
Self
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978Movie
Brian Thigh
Love at First Sight
1977Movie
Roy
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976Movie
Cop #1
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976Movie
Cop #1
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Various Characters, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host, Self / Various (archive footage), Sen. Bob Dole (uncredited), Yortuk Festrunk (uncredited), Self - Various Characters (uncredited), Sanjaya Fan (uncredited), John Boehner (uncredited)
Dinah!
1974TV
Self
The Gift of Winter
1974Movie
Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter
Keeper of the Cup
Movie
The Keeper
Getting Lost
Movie
(voice)